jcjames Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) Back cover discoloration is puzzling me. That with the edge wear, I'm all over the board on this one. Edited September 3, 2021 by jcjames Galen130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 On 9/3/2021 at 3:34 PM, jcjames said: Back cover discoloration is puzzling me. I believe this is oil migration from the inks used on the interior pages (which are all oil based). I've seen many examples of high-grade books with this particular blemish. I'll try to dig up some certified examples for you. jcjames 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Here's an example of a book I picked up from Chuck R. way back in 1978 (before the collection had been named). grendelbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcjames Posted September 3, 2021 Author Share Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) On 9/3/2021 at 4:20 PM, zzutak said: Here's an example of a book I picked up from Chuck R. way back in 1978 (before the collection had been named). That's a nice book. Thanks for the visual example. Any guess on a grade for the ST? Edited September 3, 2021 by jcjames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzutak Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 No problem. My AIT #5 was dinged pretty hard because it was structurally in the NM-/NM range. Your ST #134 would grade out as about a FN based on its edge and corner wear, alone. I cannot see the migration stain causing more than an additional 0.5 deduction. Hence, I think you're looking at a grade in the 5.5 FN- to 6.0 FN range. jcjames 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendelbo Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 On 9/3/2021 at 4:55 PM, Amazeron said: 5.5 as is Yup. +1 Ditto Agree Thanks for posting. jcjames 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen130 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 6.0 jcjames 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 On 9/7/2021 at 3:18 PM, Galen130 said: 6.0 6.0 Galen130 and jcjames 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpoolica Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 5.0 jcjames 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
